Surah 7 Al-A'raaf — Ayah 89
قَدِ ٱفْتَرَيْنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا إِنْ عُدْنَا فِى مِلَّتِكُم بَعْدَ إِذْ نَجَّىٰنَا ٱللَّهُ مِنْهَا ۚ وَمَا يَكُونُ لَنَآ أَن نَّعُودَ فِيهَآ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّنَا ۚ وَسِعَ رَبُّنَا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عِلْمًا ۚ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ رَبَّنَا ٱفْتَحْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ قَوْمِنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْفَٰتِحِينَ
Ihi, nger ed tikerkas $ef Öebbi, ma nu$al ar ddin nnwen, mbaâd ma Isellek a$ Öebbi, segs. Ur a$ ilaq ara a nu$al $uôes, siwa ma Irad Öebbi, Mass nne$. Mass nne$ Issemêalleq i yal cci s tmusni. Nepkel $ef Öebbi". A Mass nne$! Fru p garane$ akked ugdud nne$, s tidep. Keçç Tifev akw wid iferrun.
qadi if'taraynā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban in ʿud'nā fī millatikum baʿda idh najjānā l-lahu min'hā wamā yakūnu lanā an naʿūda fīhā illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbunā wasiʿa rabbunā kulla shayin ʿil'man ʿalā l-lahi tawakkalnā rabbanā if'taḥ baynanā wabayna qawminā bil-ḥaqi wa-anta khayru l-fātiḥīna
Word by word
- قَدِ qadi Verily
- ٱفْتَرَيْنَا if'taraynā we would have fabricated
- عَلَى ʿalā against
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- كَذِبًا kadhiban a lie
- إِنْ in if
- عُدْنَا ʿud'nā we returned
- فِى fī in
- مِلَّتِكُم millatikum your religion
- بَعْدَ baʿda after
- إِذْ idh [when]
- نَجَّىٰنَا najjānā saved us
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
- مِنْهَا ۚ min'hā from it
- وَمَا wamā And not
- يَكُونُ yakūnu it is
- لَنَآ lanā for us
- أَن an that
- نَّعُودَ naʿūda we return
- فِيهَآ fīhā in it
- إِلَّآ illā except
- أَن an that
- يَشَآءَ yashāa wills
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
- رَبُّنَا ۚ rabbunā our Lord
- وَسِعَ wasiʿa Encompasses
- رَبُّنَا rabbunā (by) Our Lord
- كُلَّ kulla every
- شَىْءٍ shayin thing
- عِلْمًا ۚ ʿil'man (in) knowledge
- عَلَى ʿalā Upon
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
- تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚ tawakkalnā we put our trust
- رَبَّنَا rabbanā Our Lord
- ٱفْتَحْ if'taḥ Decide
- بَيْنَنَا baynanā between us
- وَبَيْنَ wabayna and between
- قَوْمِنَا qawminā our people
- بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi in truth
- وَأَنتَ wa-anta and You
- خَيْرُ khayru (are the) Best
- ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَ l-fātiḥīna (of) those who Decide
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Allah describes the way the disbelievers answered His ProphetShu` ayb and those who believed in him, by threatening them withexpulsion from their village, or with forceful reversion to thedisbeliever's religion.
The chiefs spoke the words mentioned here to the Messenger Shu`ayb, but intended it for those who followed his religion too. The statement,
("Even though we hate it"), means, would you force us to do that, even though we hate what you are calling us to Certainly if we revert to your religion and accept your ways, we will have uttered a tremendous lie against Allah by calling partners as rivals to Him,
(And it is not for us to return to it unless Allah, our Lord, should will.) This part of the Ayah refers all matters to Allah's will, and certainly, He has perfect knowledge of all matters and His observation encompasses all things,
(In Allah (Alone) we put our trust. ), concerning all our affairs, what we practice of them and what we ignore,
(Our Lord! Judge between us and our people in truth) judge between us and our people and give us victory over them,
(for You are the best of those who give judgment) and You are the Most Just Who never wrongs any in His judgment.